1. Using a small, sharp knife, slit open smelt bellies, discard innards, rinse fish, and pat dry. 2. Rinse fennel. Trim and discard stalks and bruised spots. Rinse, drain, and chop feathery leaves. Using a sheer, cut fennel into 1/16-inch-thick pieces. 3. Lay ..

Preheat oven to 375°. Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add onion, bell pepper, chile, and garlic; saute 5 minutes. Add cumin seeds and coriander; saute 2 minutes. Stir in cider vinegar, scraping skillet ..

In blender container, place all ingredients except chicken; blend 30 seconds. In small saucepan, pour blended sauce mixture and heat about 5 minutes, until slighdy thick. Remove from heat; dip chicken in sauce one piece at a time, turning to thoroughly ..

Have your meatman saw through length of turkey's backbone. Or, at home, use spring-loaded poultry shears to cut through length of backbone. Lay turkey on its breast; pull open from back, pressing to flatten (some ribs will crack). Pull off and discard lumps ..

Rub the spareribs all over with salt and pepper and arrange them in a shallow dish. Mix all the remaining ingredients, except the plum sauce, together, and pour over the spareribs, basting them well. Set aside to marinate at room temperature for 1 hour, ..

Combine first 3 ingredients in a bowl; toss well to coat. Combine ketchup and next 8 ingredients in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 5 minutes or until mixture begins to thicken. Stir in chicken, and cook 4 minutes or until chicken is ..

Heat oil in a large, nonstick skillet; saute onion until tender. Stir in catsup, water, vinegar, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder and celery seeds. Bring sauce to a boil. Add the chicken to the skillet, placing the side down that has the skin ..

Combine first 6 ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently; reduce heat, and simmer 2 minutes. Remove from heat, and set aside. Coat grill rack with cooking spray; place on grill over medium-hot coals (350° to 400°). Place chicken on ..

Rinse fish and pat dry. Prepare Brine; brine fish for 6 hours. Rinse and let dry as directed. Cover wood chips with warm water and let stand for at least 20 minutes; drain. To smoke, ignite charcoal briquets and set up barbecue as directed Adjust barbecue to ..

Season meat with salt. Place in shallow roasting pan, meaty side up. Roast in very hot oven (450°) 30 minutes. Lower temperature control to 350° and continue baking 30 minutes. Spoon off excess fat. Combine remaining ingredients; brush on meat and continue ..

For marinade, in small bowl combine lemon juice, oil, minced onion, garlic, pepper and salt. In glass dish, place lamb and red and white onions. Pour marinade over lamb and onions; cover and refrigerate 6 to 24 hours. Stir lamb occasionally. Drain lamb and ..

Arrange medium-hot Briquets around drip pan. Place prepared pork leg over drip pan; cover grill and cook pork 4 to 4 1/2 hours or until thermometer inserted into thickest portion registers 170° F. Baste pork with Sam's Mop Sauce every 30 minutes, patting a ..

1. Thread scallops, through width of the rounds and touching, onto a thin metal skewer. Push a second metal skewer through scallops, parallel to and about 1/2 inch from the first. Thread shrimp, touching, onto thin metal skewers. 2. Rinse and drain radicchio, ..

Cut short ribs into approximately 2 1/2-inch cubes. With bone side down, dice-cut this way: Cut cubes halfway to bone every 1/2 inch in one direction; at right angles, cut every 1/2 inch, but go only 1/2 inch deep. Combine remaining ingredients to make ..

Wrap each drumstick in heavy-duty aluminum foil, leaving room for steam expansion and keeping dull side of foil out. Grill over a single layer of slow coals, 1 hour for large drumsticks and 45 minutes for small drumsticks, turning every 15 minutes and adding ..

1. Peel shrimp, then cut each down the back, from neck to tail, almost all the way through. Pull out and discard veins. Rinse shrimp and lay open, cut sides down, pressing gently to flatten. For easier handling and to hold shrimp flat, run thin metal skewers, ..

1. In a large bowl, mix the yogurt, ginger, garlic, tandoori masala, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. 2, Rinse quail and pat dry. Using poultry shears or a sharp knife, cut out the backbone of each quail. Turn birds skin side up and press with the palm of your hand to ..